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Pricing Methodology for Model Years 1 & 2 –Technical Review Webinar
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center)
May 17, 2018
• Target Price Overview• Risk Adjustment Model• Hospital Benchmark Price (HBP) Construction• Physician Group Practice (PGP) Benchmark
Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-
Through
Webinar Outline
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• Target Price Overview• Essential Features of BPCI Advanced Target Price• Components of Acute Care Hospital (ACH) Target
Prices• Components of PGP Target Prices
• Risk Adjustment Model• HBP Construction• PGP Benchmark Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-Through
Webinar Outline
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1. Adjust for provider’s patient case mix2. Allow for trends in Clinical Episode spending
that are specific to providers’ geographic regions and other relevant characteristics
3. Encourage both high and low cost providers to participate
4. Reward Participants’ improvement over time5. Promote Medicare savings while improving or
maintaining high quality care
Target Price Essential Features
Hospital Target Price Key Features
• Target Price method incorporates regional and historical pricing by benchmarking Episode Initiators against providers with:• Similar expenditure riskiness • Similar hospital-level characteristics
• The Hospital Benchmark Price (HBP) and ACH Target Price takes the following form:
Standardized Baseline Spending (SBS)
Patient Case Mix Adjustment (PCMA)
Peer Adjusted Trend (PAT) Factor
Standardizes ACH spending across the baseline period to
account for historical efficiency
Adjusts HBP for the expenditure riskiness of
patients
Adjusts for persistent differences across ACH peer groups and
projects to the Model Year based on trends in spending within each
ACH’s peer group 5
PGP Target Price Key Features
• Given that PGP Clinical Episodes are initiated at ACHs, the PGP-ACH Target Price builds off of the ACH price and takes the following form:
Hospital Benchmark Price (HBP) PGP Offset Relative Case Mix
Provides the baseline dollar value of a PGP’s Benchmark Price for Clinical Episodes initiated at a
specific ACH
Measures a PGP’s historical efficiency relative to a specific ACH, measured from baseline
period Clinical Episodes
Measures whether the overall case mix of a PGP’s Clinical
Episodes at an ACH has more or less expenditure riskiness than
the overall case mix of all Clinical Episodes at the ACH
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• Target Price Overview• Risk Adjustment Model
• Stage 1: Estimate Patient Case Mix• Stage 2: Estimate Peer Group Effects• Estimate Clinical Episode Efficiency
• HBP Construction• PGP Benchmark Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-Through
Webinar Outline
Stage 1: Overview (TP-Step 1)
PurposeObtain robust estimates for patient characteristics to create benchmarks that account for riskiness of Episode Initiators’ patient populations
MethodEstimate a flexible compound lognormal distribution (a mixture of two lognormal distributions).Use Maximum Likelihood Estimation.
InputsNational population of eligible Clinical EpisodesRisk adjustment covariates
• Patient characteristics• Peer group characteristics & quarter year interactions
Output Input to Patient Case Mix Adjustment (PCMA) term
See Appendix slide 81 for log likelihood function 8
Stage 1: Risk Adjustment Covariates (TP-Step 1)
Category Risk Adjusters
Patient Characteristics
HCCs and HCC InteractionsRecent Resource UseLong-Term Institutional StatusHCC Severity
DemographicsMS-DRG/ Ambulatory Payment Classification(APCs)Clinical Episode Category Specific Adjustments
Peer Group Characteristics
Bed SizeAcademic MedicalCenter (AMC) Status
Safety-NetCensus DivisionRural/ Urban
Quarter Year Indicators
Quarter year of Anchor Stay/ Anchor Procedure end date
9Note: Certain peer group characteristics are interacted with quarter year indicators
Limit to Eligible Providers (TP-Step 2)
• Limit to hospitals that initiate more than 40 Clinical Episodes in the baseline period to reduce low volume uncertainty
• No restriction for PGP Participation
BPID PGP/ACH CCN/TINACH CCN
Associated with Initiating Claim
4 Year Baseline Period Clinical Episode Count for One Clinical
Episode Category
Eligible for Participation
Preliminary Target Price Calculated
BPID1 ACH CCN1 No data 39 N NBPID2 ACH CCN2 No data 40 N NBPID3 ACH CCN3 No data 41 Y YBPID4 ACH CCN4 No data 42 Y YBPID5 PGP TIN1 CCN1 20 Y NBPID5 PGP TIN1 CCN2 21 Y NBPID6 PGP TIN2 CCN3 20 Y YBPID6 PGP TIN2 CCN4 21 Y YBPID7 PGP TIN3 CCN4 20 Y Y
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Stage 1: Patient Case Mix Adjusted Spending (TP-Step 3)
• Calculate the patient case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spending from the estimated compound lognormal model
• This is the portion of a Clinical Episode’s spending that is explained by patient characteristics:
• Used to calculate: • PCMA term for the Hospital Benchmark Price and• Relative Case Mix term for the PGP-ACH
Benchmark Price
See Appendix slide 82 for mathematical expression 11
Stage 2: Estimate Peer Group Effects Overview (TP-Step 4)
PurposeObtain estimates for peer group characteristics and trends in spending for each peer group to project Target Prices to the Performance Period
Method
At the ACH-quarter level, using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), regress average ratio of observedto patient case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spending on peer group categories and a time trend
Input Covariates
Peer group characteristicsBed size, AMC status, rural/ urban, census division, safety net hospital
Quadratic in the natural log of the quarter time trendInteraction terms
Output Input to Peer Adjusted Trend (PAT) Factor 12
Stage 2: OLS Estimation (TP-Step 4)
• Construct average ratio of observed to patient case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spending at the ACH and quarter level
• This represents the average portion of observed Clinical Episode spending not explained by an ACH’s patient case mix
• Regress this ratio on peer group characteristics interacted with a time trend– Goal is to identify what portion of this Clinical Episode spending
is explained by peer group characteristics and trends• Calculate predicted, Clinical Episode-specific, peer group
spending adjuster for each Clinical Episode by applying the parameters from OLS
See Appendix slide 83 for mathematical expression 13
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Purpose• Calculate Clinical Episode historical
efficiency to ensure Episode Initiators’ Target Prices reflect their historical spending
Method• Calculate the ratio of observed to predicted
Clinical Episode spending using estimatesfrom Stages 1 & 2
Inputs• Case mix adjusted Clinical Episode
spending• Predicted ratio from OLS estimation
Output • Used to calculate Standardized Baseline Spending (SBS) and PGP Offset
Estimate Clinical Episode Efficiency (TP-Steps 5-6)
Determine Clinical Episode-Level Efficiency (TP-Steps 5-6)
• Calculate predicted Clinical Episode spending – Reflects the influence of patient characteristics
on Clinical Episode spending (Stage 1) and the influence of provider characteristics and time trends on Clinical Episode spending (Stage 2)
• Calculate Clinical Episode-Level Efficiency as the ratio of observed Clinical Episode spending to predicted Clinical Episode spending
See Appendix slide 84 for mathematical expressions 15
• Target Price Overview• Risk Adjustment Model• HBP Construction• PGP Benchmark Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-
Through
Webinar Outline
Hospital Benchmark Price (HBP) Construction Overview (TP-Steps 7-12)
Purpose Calculate a Preliminary Benchmark Price for each ACH in standardized dollars
Method SBS * PCMA * PAT Factor
Inputs
Clinical Episode EfficiencyPredicted Clinical Episode spendingPatient case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spendingParameters from OLS Regression
Output Preliminary Hospital Benchmark Price
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HBP Construction: Dollar Amount (TP-Step 7)
• Dollar Amount normalizes the Efficiency Measure and patient case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spending for clearer interpretation• Ultimately cancels out and has no material impact on
Target Prices• To obtain Dollar Amount, calculate average predicted
spending for all baseline period Clinical Episodes across all ACHs for a given Clinical Episode category
See Appendix slide 85 for mathematical expression 18
HBP Construction: ACH Efficiency Measure (TP-Step 8)
• Calculate ACH Efficiency Measure as average of the observed to predicted Clinical Episode spending for each ACH during the baseline period
Example Efficiency Measures
Average HistoricalEfficiency
Lower than Average Historical Efficiency
Higher than Average Historical Efficiency
1.0 1.1 0.9
See Appendix slide 86 for mathematical expression 19
HBP Construction: SBS (TP-Step 9)
• Standardized Baseline Spending (SBS) accounts for historical efficiency of spending of ACHs in the baseline period by adjusting benchmark prices for risk- and peer- standardized Clinical Episode spending in the baseline period
• Calculate SBS as product of Dollar Amount and ACH Efficiency Measure
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HBP Construction: Preliminary PCMA (TP-Step 10)
• Patient Case Mix Adjustment (PCMA) adjusts for varying levels of severity in the ACH’s patient case mix
• Calculate Preliminary PCMA as average patient case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spending for each ACH divided by the Dollar Amount
Note: • The Preliminary PCMA (and thus the HBP) will be
updated using realized case mix from an ACH’s attributed Clinical Episodes in the applicable Performance Period
See Appendix slide 87 for mathematical expression 21
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• Peer Adjusted Trend (PAT) Factor adjusts for: i. persistent differences in spending levels across peer
groups and, ii. trends in Clinical Episode spending for each peer group
• To calculate PAT Factor: i. Update the quarter indicator to the middle of Model Year
2 (i.e. 2019 Q3) • Assuming 2013Q1 is quarter 1, the new quarter value will be 27 • Update the interactions with quarter time trend
ii. Use the parameters from OLS with the peer group characteristics, new quarter value, and interactions
HBP Construction: PAT Factor (TP-Step 11)
Hospital Benchmark Price ConstructionPreliminary HBP (TP-Step 12)
• Calculate Preliminary HBP using the following expression:
Standardized Baseline Spending (SBS)
Patient Case Mix Adjustment (PCMA)
Peer Adjusted Trend (PAT) Factor
Standardizes ACHspending across the baseline period to
account for historical efficiency
Adjusts HBP for the expenditure riskiness of
patients
Adjusts for persistent differences across ACH peer groups and
projects to the Model Year based on trends in spending within each
ACH’s peer group
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• Target Price Overview• Risk Adjustment Model• HBP Construction• PGP Benchmark Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-
Through
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Purpose• Calculate a Preliminary Benchmark
Price for PGP Participants in standardized dollars
Method • HBP * PGP Offset * Relative Case Mix
Inputs
• Preliminary HBP• Clinical Episode Efficiency• Patient case mix adjusted Clinical
Episode spending• Dollar Amount
Output • Preliminary PGP-ACH Benchmark Price
PGP-ACH Benchmark Price Construction Overview (TP-Steps 13-16)
PGP Benchmark Price Construction:PGP Efficiency Measure (TP-Step 13)
• Interpretation is analogous to the ACH Efficiency Measure
• Calculate the PGP Efficiency Measure as average of Clinical Episode Efficiency across all the ACHs at which the PGP initiates Clinical Episodes during the baseline period
26See Appendix slide 88 for mathematical expression
PGP Benchmark Price Construction:PGP Offset (TP-Step 14)
• The PGP Offset measures the PGP’s efficiency relative to each ACH at which it initiates Clinical Episodes
• Calculate PGP Offset as the ratio of PGP Efficiency over Efficiency of the ACH at which it initiates Clinical Episode
• For the low-volume PGPs (i.e. 40 or less baseline period Clinical Episodes), the PGP Offset is set to 1
• If PGP Offset is less than 1, increase by half its distance from1 Example PGP Offsets
Efficiency equivalent to ACH Less Efficient than ACH More Efficient than ACH
1.0 1.1 0.927
PGP Benchmark Price Construction:Relative Case Mix (TP-Step 15)
• Relative Case Mix measures the severity of the PGP’s patient population relative to the ACH’s at which it initiates Clinical Episodes
• Built in two steps: (1) calculate average Preliminary PCMA at PGP-ACH level, then (2) calculate Preliminary Relative Case Mix
• (1) Calculate average Preliminary PCMA at PGP-ACH level as ratio of average case mix adjusted Clinical Episode spending for each PGP-ACH divided by the Dollar Amount
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PGP Benchmark Price Construction:Relative Case Mix (TP-Step 15)
• (2) Calculate Preliminary Relative Case Mix as ratio of PGP-ACH Preliminary PCMA over the ACH Preliminary PCMA
• Use realized case mix to construct updated Relative Case Mix
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PGP Benchmark Price Construction:PGP-ACH Benchmark Price (TP-Step 16)
• Calculate Preliminary PGP-ACH Benchmark Price as the product of the Preliminary HBP, PGP Offset, and the Preliminary Relative Case mix
HBP PGP Offset Relative Case Mix
Provides the baseline dollar value of a PGP’s Benchmark Price for Clinical Episodesinitiated at a specific ACH
Measures a PGP’s historical efficiency relative to a
specific ACH, measured from baseline period Clinical
Episodes
Measures whether the overall case mix of a PGP’s Clinical Episodes at
an ACH has more or less expenditure riskiness than the overall case mix of
all Clinical Episodes at the ACH
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Webinar Outline
• Target Price Overview• Risk Adjustment Model• HBP Construction• PGP Benchmark Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-
Through
Target Price Construction Overview (TP-Steps 17-20)
Purpose Calculate Final Target Prices in real dollars for Reconciliation
Method
Benchmark Price * (1-CMS Discount Factor) * Conversion RatioApply updates for interim Medicare payment ratesUpdate PCMA with realized case mix informationConvert to real dollars
Inputs
Preliminary ACH and PGP Benchmark PricesRatio of real to standardized dollarsMost recent Medicare payment ratesRealized Performance Period case mix
Output Final Target Prices
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Preliminary Target Price (TP-Steps 17-18)
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• Apply CMS Discount Factor (3%) to Benchmark Price
• Apply Conversion Ratio to convert the Preliminary Target Price from standardized to real dollars• Calculate Conversion Ratio at Episode Initiator-
Clinical Episode category level:
• Calculate the Preliminary Target Price :
Update Preliminary Target Price (TP-Step 19)
• Adjust the Preliminary Target Prices as new Medicare payments rates are released during the Model Year• Update in Sep 2018 for FY 2019 payment rates • Update in Dec 2018 for CY 2019 payment rates• Update in Sep 2019 for FY 2020 payment rates
Preliminary Target Prices
May 2018
Apply FY 2019
Medicare rates
Sep 2018
Apply CY 2019
Medicare rates
Dec 2018
Apply FY 2020
Medicare Rates
Sep 2019
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Final Target Price (TP-Step 20)
• Update PCMA term to account for realized case mix of thePerformance Period
• Update the ratio of real to standardized dollars using realizedPerformance Period Clinical Episodes
Performance Period 1 2019
Preliminary Target Prices
Delivered
May 2018
Apply FY 2019
Medicare Rates
Sep 2018
Apply CY 2019
Medicare Rates
Dec 2018
Final TP:Update PCMA
Update Real to Stdz Ratio
Oct 2019
Performance Period 2 2019
May 2018
Apply CY 2019
Medicare Rates
Dec 2018
Apply FY 2020
Medicare Rates
Sep 2019
Final TP:Update PCMA
Update Real to Stdz Ratio
Apr 2020
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Preliminary Target
Delivered
• Target Price Overview• Risk Adjustment Model• Hospital Benchmark Price Construction• PGP Benchmark Price Construction• Target Price Construction• Target Price Summary Workbook Walk-
Through
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Target Price Summary Workbook: Overview Tab
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Target Price Summary Workbook: Definitions Tab
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Target Price Summary Workbook: TP Summary Tab
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Target Price Summary Workbook: Peer Group Characteristics Tab
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• “BPCI Advanced Target Prices Specifications – Model Years 1 & 2” (https://innovation.cms.gov/Files/x/bpciadvanced-targetprice-my1-2.pdf)
• Additional information can be found at the BPCI Advanced website: https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/bpci-advanced
• If you have questions about this presentation, please contact the BPCI Advanced Team at [email protected].
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Pricing Methodology for Model Years 1 & 2 –Technical Review
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